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entomology, biocontrol, dung insects, non-target effects, agriculture, gall-formers, Scarabaeidae, Carabidae, Wolbachia, endosymbionts

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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Lethbridge Research Centre: Lethbridge, AB, CA

1993-04-01 to present
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Kevin Floate

Education and qualifications (3)

Northern Arizona University: Flagstaff, AZ, US

1988 to 1992 | Ph.D. (Biology) (Department of Biological Sciences)
Education
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Kevin Floate

University of Saskatchewan: Saskatoon, SK, CA

1983 to 1987 | M.Sc. (Entomology) (Department of Biology)
Education
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Kevin Floate

University of Saskatchewan: Saskatoon, SK, CA

1979 to 1983 | B.S.A. (Hon) (Department of Agriculture)
Education
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Kevin Floate

Professional activities (1)

Entomological Society of Canada: Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA

1985 to present | President (2018-19)
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Kevin Floate

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A comparison of molecular screening versus dissection and rearing methods to estimate parasitism of Lygus nymphs by Peristenus wasps: size matters

The Canadian Entomologist
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4039/tce.2024.24
Contributors: Kevin D. Floate; Diana Wilches-Correal; Valentina Ibarra-Galvis; Abbe Pawluk; Brendan Roy; Héctor A. Cárcamo
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An update on the identity of Longitarsus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) species introduced or relocated in Canada for the biological control of tansy ragwort (Asteraceae)

The Canadian Entomologist
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4039/tce.2024.18
Contributors: Rosemarie A. De Clerck-Floate; Ivo Toševski; Kevin D. Floate
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Retrogressive moulting in khapra beetle, Trogoderma granarium (Coleoptera: Dermestidae)

Physiological Entomology
2023-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/phen.12404
Contributors: Sunil Shivananjappa; Kevin D. Floate; Paul G. Fields; Robert A. Laird
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Protein Deficient Diets: Cascade Effects on a Lepidopteran Pest and Its Parasitoid Wasp

Annals of the Entomological Society of America
2023-05-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/saac029
Contributors: V A D Hervet; R A Laird; K D Floate; Chris Weldon
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Potential host range of Cotesia vanessae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a parasitoid new to North America and a possible biological control agent of noctuid pest species

Bulletin of Entomological Research
2023-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485322000025
Contributors: V. A. D. Hervet; R. A. Laird; K. D. Floate
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Season-Long Simplification of Insect Communities in Dung From Cattle Treated With an Extended-Release Formulation of the Parasiticide Eprinomectin

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
2023-03-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5558
Contributors: Sydney J. Backmeyer; Cameron Goater; Jonathan K. Challis; Kevin D. Floate
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A global review of orange wheat blossom midge, Sitodiplosis mosellana (Géhin) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), and integrated pest management strategies for its management

The Canadian Entomologist
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4039/tce.2022.15
Contributors: S.V. Dufton; O.O. Olfert; R.A. Laird; K.D. Floate; X. Ge; J.K. Otani
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Assessment of the Aphodius fimetarius–Aphodius pedellus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) species complex in Canada

The Canadian Entomologist
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4039/tce.2022.26
Contributors: Kevin D. Floate; Diana Wilches; Paul Coghlin; Andrew B.T. Smith
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Comparative patterns of dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) diversity in native fescue grassland and wooded habitats in the Cypress Hills, Alberta, Canada

The Canadian Entomologist
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4039/tce.2022.23
Contributors: G.A. Bezanson; C. Goater; K.D. Floate
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Diversity, rate, and distribution of wheat midge parasitism in the Peace River region of Alberta, Canada

The Canadian Entomologist
2021-08-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4039/tce.2021.7
Contributors: S.V. Dufton; R.A. Laird; K.D. Floate; J.K. Otani
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A Review of Dung Beetle Introductions in the Antipodes and North America: Status, Opportunities, and Challenges

Environmental Entomology
2021-08-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvab025
Contributors: Min R Pokhrel; Stuart C Cairns; Zac Hemmings; Kevin D Floate; Nigel R Andrew; Melody Keena
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Changes in the recovery of insects in pitfall traps associated with the age of cow dung bait fresh or frozen at the time of placement

Bulletin of Entomological Research
2021-06-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S000748532000070X
Contributors: G.A. Bezanson; C.D. Dovell; K.D. Floate
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Global distribution patterns provide evidence of niche shift by the introduced African dung beetle Digitonthophagus gazella

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
2020-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/eea.12961
Contributors: Jorge Ari Noriega; Kevin D. Floate; François Génier; Chris A.M. Reid; Bert Kohlmann; Finbarr G. Horgan; Adrian L.V. Davis; Shaun A. Forgie; Carlos Aguilar; Mario G. Ibarra et al.
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Persistence of diet effects on the microbiota of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

The Canadian Entomologist
2020-08-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4039/tce.2020.37
Contributors: Yanira Jiménez-Padilla; Ebenezer O. Esan; Kevin D. Floate; Brent J. Sinclair
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Use of wet, air-dried, or oven-dried bulk mass to quantify insect numbers: an assessment using Chilothorax distinctus (Müller) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

The Canadian Entomologist
2020-01-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4039/tce.2019.78
Contributors: G.A. Bezanson; K.D. Floate
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An updated checklist of the Coleoptera associated with livestock dung on pastures in America north of Mexico

The Coleopterists Bulletin
2019-09-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1649/0010-065x-73.3.655
Part of ISSN: 0010-065X
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Kevin Floate

Siblicidal behaviour by larvae of the gregarious parasitoid Cotesia vanessae

Journal of Hymenoptera Research
2018-12-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/jhr.67.28978
Contributors: Vincent A. D. Hervet; Robert A. Laird; Kevin D. Floate
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Spiroplasma dominates the microbiome of khapra beetle: comparison with a congener, effects of life stage and temperature

Symbiosis
2018-11-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s13199-018-0560-5
Contributors: D. M. Wilches; R. A. Laird; P. G. Fields; P. Coghlin; K. D. Floate
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Hyperparasitism of an avian ectoparasitic hippoboscid fly, Ornithomya anchineuria, by the mite, Myialges cf. borealis, in Alberta, Canada

Journal of Parasitology
2018-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1645/17-171
Part of ISSN: 0022-3395
Part of ISSN: 1937-2345
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Kevin Floate

Congratulations to The Canadian Entomologist on this, its sesquicentennial anniversary!

The Canadian Entomologist
2018-02-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4039/tce.2017.64
Contributors: Kevin D. Floate; Dezene Huber
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Guide for the First-time Importation and Release of Arthropod Biological Control Agents in Canada

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
2017 | Report
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Kevin Floate

Effects of acclimation and diapause on the cold tolerance of Trogoderma granarium

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
2017-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/eea.12632
Contributors: D.M. Wilches; R.A. Laird; K.D. Floate; P.G. Fields
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Arthropods of Canadian grasslands: a retrospective of a 40-year project of the Biological Survey of Canada

The Canadian Entomologist
2017-12-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4039/tce.2017.46
Contributors: K.D. Floate; J.D. Shorthouse; D.J. Giberson; H.A. Cárcamo
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Development of a multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay for the identification of common cutworm species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) infesting canola in western Canada

The Canadian Entomologist
2017-08-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4039/tce.2017.5
Contributors: Martin A. Erlandson; Jennifer Holowachuk; Edyta A. Sieminska; Jeremy Hummel; Jennifer Otani; Kevin D. Floate
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Bioclimatic analyses for the distributions of Onthophagus nuchicornis, Onthophagus taurus, and Digitonthophagus gazella (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in North America

The Canadian Entomologist
2017-08-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4039/tce.2017.20
Contributors: K.D. Floate; D.W. Watson; R.M. Weiss; O. Olfert
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'Outbreaks' of amara stephens (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Alberta, Canada

Coleopterists Bulletin
2015 | Journal article
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10.1649/0010-065X-69.1.114

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2-s2.0-84925166407
Contributors: Floate, K.D.; Spence, J.R.
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Geographical barriers and climate influence demographic history in narrowleaf cottonwoods

Heredity
2015 | Journal article
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10.1038/hdy.2014.115

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2-s2.0-84924967652
Contributors: Evans, L.M.; Allan, G.J.; Difazio, S.P.; Slavov, G.T.; Wilder, J.A.; Floate, K.D.; Rood, S.B.; Whitham, T.G.
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Degree-day models for development of the dung beetles Onthophagus nuchicornis, O. taurus, and Digitonthophagus gazella (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), and the likelihood of O. taurus establishment in southern Alberta, Canada

Canadian Entomologist
2014 | Journal article
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10.4039/tce.2014.70

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2-s2.0-84909954040
Contributors: Floate, K.D.; Watson, D.W.; Coghlin, P.; Olfert, O.
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Effects of pitfall trap lid transparency and habitat structure on the catches of carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in tame pasture

Environmental Entomology
2014 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1603/EN13145

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2-s2.0-84893680766
Contributors: Bell, A.J.; Phillips, I.D.; Floate, K.D.; Hoemsen, B.M.; Phillips, C.E.
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First report of Cotesia vanessae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in North America

Canadian Entomologist
2014 | Journal article
DOI:

10.4039/tce.2014.9

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2-s2.0-84906944905
Contributors: Hervet, V.A.D.; Murillo, H.; Fernández-Triana, J.L.; Shaw, M.R.; Laird, R.A.; Floate, K.D.
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Functional diversity and seasonal activity of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) on native grasslands in southern Alberta, Canada

Canadian Entomologist
2014 | Journal article
DOI:

10.4039/tce.2013.75

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2-s2.0-84900521727
Contributors: Kadiri, N.; Lumaret, J.-P.; Floate, K.D.
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Review of treatment methods to remove Wolbachia bacteria from arthropods

Symbiosis
2014 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1007/s13199-014-0267-1

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2-s2.0-84892915596
Contributors: Li, Y.-Y.; Floate, K.D.; Fields, P.G.; Pang, B.-P.
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Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) associated with cattle dung on native grasslands of southern Alberta, Canada

Canadian Entomologist
2013 | Journal article
DOI:

10.4039/tce.2013.50

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2-s2.0-84888262143
Contributors: Floate, K.D.; Kadiri, N.
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Testing the 'hybrid susceptibility' and 'phenological sink' hypotheses using the P. balsamifera - P. deltoides hybrid zone and septoria leaf spot [Septoria musiva]

PLoS ONE
2013 | Journal article
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10.1371/journal.pone.0084437

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2-s2.0-84893567498
Contributors: LeBoldus, J.M.; Isabel, N.; Floate, K.D.; Blenis, P.; Thomas, B.R.
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A review on the toxicity and non-target effects of macrocyclic lactones in terrestrial and aquatic environments

Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84860505670
Contributors: Lumaret, J.-P.; Errouissi, F.; Floate, K.; Römbke, J.; Wardhaugh, K.
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Diversity and seasonal phenology of coprophagous beetles at Lake City, Michigan, USA, with a new state record for onthophagus taurus (Schreber) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Coleopterists Bulletin
2012 | Journal article
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10.1649/072.066.0217

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2-s2.0-84863087059
Contributors: Rounds, R.J.; Floate, K.D.
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Release and recapture of three insect species test the efficacy of trap method and air flow in insect containment

Canadian Entomologist
2012 | Journal article
DOI:

10.4039/tce.2012.45

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2-s2.0-84864663960
Contributors: De Clerck-Floate, R.A.; Saunders, P.; Floate, K.D.
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A test using wolbachia bacteria to identify eurasian source populations of cabbage seedpod weevil, ceutorhynchus obstrictus (Marsham), in North America

Environmental Entomology
2011 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1603/EN10315

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2-s2.0-80051741022
Contributors: Floate, K.D.; Coghlin, P.C.; Dosdall, L.
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Kevin Floate via Scopus - Elsevier

How to test nontarget effects of veterinary pharmaceutical residues in livestock dung in the field

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
2011 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1002/ieam.111

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2-s2.0-79961040613
Contributors: Jochmann, R.; Blanckenhorn, W.U.; Bussière, L.; Eirkson, C.E.; Jensen, J.; Kryger, U.; Lahr, J.; Lumaret, J.-P.; Römbke, J.; Wardhaugh, K.G. et al.
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The host range of the male-killing symbiont Arsenophonus nasoniae in filth fly parasitioids

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
2011 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.jip.2010.12.004

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2-s2.0-79751534518
Contributors: Taylor, G.P.; Coghlin, P.C.; Floate, K.D.; Perlman, S.J.
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Where went the dung-breeding insects of the American bison?

Canadian Entomologist
2011 | Journal article
DOI:

10.4039/n11-024

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2-s2.0-84857569664
Contributors: Tiberg, K.; Floate, K.D.
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A review of the natural history and laboratory culture methods for the yellow dung fly, Scathophaga stercoraria.

Journal of insect science (Online)
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-77956760873
Contributors: Blanckenhorn, W.U.; Pemberton, A.J.; Bussière, L.F.; Roembke, J.; Floate, K.D.
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Effects of crop rotation and genetically modified herbicide-tolerant corn on ground beetle diversity, community structure, and activity density

Canadian Entomologist
2010 | Journal article
DOI:

10.4039/n09-017

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2-s2.0-77952898153
Contributors: Bourassa, S.; Cárcamo, H.A.; Spence, J.R.; Blackshaw, R.E.; Floate, K.
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Molecular evidence for sympatric taxa within pemphigus betae (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Eriosomatinae)

Canadian Entomologist
2010 | Journal article
DOI:

10.4039/n10-028

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2-s2.0-77956719786
Contributors: Foottit, R.G.; Floate, K.; Maw, E.
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No support for fluctuating asymmetry as a biomarker of chemical residues in livestock dung

Canadian Entomologist
2010 | Journal article
DOI:

10.4039/n10-014

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2-s2.0-77956788561
Contributors: Floate, K.D.; Coghlin, P.C.
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Further evidence for the absence of bacteria in horsehair worms (nematomorpha: Gordiidae)

Journal of Parasitology
2009 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1645/GE-2145.1

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2-s2.0-76749160685
Contributors: Hudson, A.J.; Floate, K.D.
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Lethal and sublethal toxic effects of a test chemical (ivermectin) on the yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) based on a standardized international ring test

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
2009 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1897/08-599.1

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2-s2.0-70450031312
Contributors: Römbke, J.; Floate, K.D.; Jochmann, R.; Schäfer, M.A.; Puniamoorthy, N.; Knäbe, S.; Lehmhus, J.; Rosenkranz, B.; Scheffczyk, A.; Schmidt, T. et al.
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Wolbachia infection in Australasian and North American populations of Haematobia irritans (Diptera: Muscidae)

Veterinary Parasitology
2009 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.03.012

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2-s2.0-67349162099
Contributors: Zhang, B.; McGraw, E.; Floate, K.D.; James, P.; Jorgensen, W.; Rothwell, J.
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An update on the diversity of Wolbachia in Spalangia spp. (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

Biocontrol Science and Technology
2008 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1080/09583150802155274

EID:

2-s2.0-52949139050
Contributors: Floate, K.D.; Coghlin, P.C.; Taylor, D.B.
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Kevin Floate via Scopus - Elsevier

Developmental instability in a stem-mining sawfly: Can fluctuating asymmetry detect plant host stress in a model system?

Oecologia
2008 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1007/s00442-008-1009-y

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2-s2.0-43349106801
Contributors: Cárcamo, H.A.; Floate, K.D.; Lee, B.L.; Beres, B.L.; Clarke, F.R.
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